Crosscut: How to get an NBA team back in town

In the wake of the news that the New Orleans Hornets will be sold and could potentially move, David Brewster at Crosscut takes a look at what it would take to get the NBA back in Seattle.

Steve Ballmer

Brewster lists a few ways it could happen.

The first option is to sell KeyArena to an ownership group spearheaded by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and let him deal with the headaches of renovation, freeway access, parking and scheduling conflicts.

Another – perhaps more viable – option is a new arena in the Bellevue-Redmond area.

It would be a clean slate with freeway access, a wealthy local population of potential season ticket holders and eventual Sound Transit access.

Brewster offers a good analysis of the problems with KeyArena and the prospects of the Eastside luring a team.